The following is an excerpt from a translation by Sarah Harding:
Short homage to Buddha Men’a:
CHOM DEN DEY
I bow before
DE ZHIN SHEK PA
The Vanquisher, Tathagata
DRA CHOM PAR
Conqueror of enemies,
YANG DAG PAR
Completely pure and
DZOK PAY SANGYE
Perfect Buddha
MEN GYI LA
Menla,
BHE DUR YA
King of Lapis Lazuli
ÖD KYI GYAL PO LA
Radiance
CHAG TSAL LO
MI GYUR LHUN PO KU YI TRA SHI SHOG
YEN LAK DRUG CHU SUNG GI TRA SHI SHOG
THA DEY DRAL MED THUK KYI TRA SHI SHOG
GYAL WEI KU SUNG THUK KYI TRA SHI SHOG
NE DIR NYIN MO DE LEK TSEN DE LEK
NYIN TSHEN TAG TU DE LEK PA
KÖN CHOK SUM GYI TRA SHI SHOK
TON PA JIG TEN KHAM SU JÖN PA DANG
TEN DZIN BU LOB GEDÜN THÜN PA YI
TEN PA YÜN RING NEY PEY TRA SHI SHOG
Medicine Buddha Technique
1. Be relaxed and comfortable. Do the muscle relaxing technique.
2. Check for five emotions that will cause distractions:
- Attachment
- Anger
- Resistance to change
- Self importance
- Envy
3. Decide what you want to accomplish, for yourself and for all sentient beings:
- Physical problems
- Psychological problems
- Spiritual issues
4. Construct the type of Medicine Buddha you need, the Buddha you need, the Buddha holding a plant in the right hand and a bowl of nectar in the left. For physical problems, the plant symbolizes curative medicine, the bowl preventative medicine. For psychological or spiritual issues, they represent wisdom and compassion, respectively.
5. Visualize the Doctor, holding the symbols, four feet in front of you.
6. Visualize the problem: ask permission to activate the practice.
7. The Medicine Buddha receives healing power (white light) from all trained sentient beings. Rays of light beam from the Medicine Buddha’s heart to the crown of your head. Breathe in white light and breathe out the problem, three times.
8. When you are cleansed, gain confidence in your own healing ability; reduce your dependence on an external deity. You will feel a sense of accomplishment independent of an external deity; hold that feeling as long as possible. Recite the mantra:
TAYATHA OM BEKAZHAI
BEKAZHAI MAHA BEKAZHAI RADZA SAMUGHATAI SOHA
